Synonyms

1. canny
2. cagey
3. cagy

Sentence Examples

1. She reached for his belt buckle, and he inhaled sharply when her clever fingers yanked it off him.
2. She was a clever detective and not afraid to show it.
3. Oh, but I am grateful to you, you so clever woman.
4. He is uncommonly clever, if one can judge from his face, and full of energy.
5. I worried she was clever enough to disguise her penmanship on the notes.
6. A meat clever in the utensil drawer replaced the flimsy knife he already had.
7. He is so abnormally clever that if he went off his head he would carry out his intent with regard to some fixed idea in a wonderful way.
8. That does nothing to support murder suspicions, but, then, poisoning the man with a drug he was known to have used would also be a clever way to cover up the crime.
9. Thus departed for this time my chance of much learning from this so clever lunatic so I shall go, if I may, and cheer myself with a few happy words with that sweet soul Madam Mina.
10. An inferior genius, taking him in hand a second time, would very likely have tried to improve him by making him more comical, clever, amiable, or virtuous.